Author name: Ozer Khalid

by Ozer Khalid*† *The author is a geo-strategist, a senior management consultant, a development sector director and an international journalist. Twitter follow @ozerkhalid and e-mail [email protected] †Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are a collation of thoroughly researched empirical and expert views, and neither necessary reflect the author`s nor Criterion Quarterly`s editorial stance. Abstract (Discerning Criterion Quarterly readers, […]

An Ongoing Global Menace* by Ozer Khalid** *Opinions expressed herein are a collation of thoroughly researched empirical and expert views, and do not necessary reflect the author’s nor Criterion Quarterly’s editorial stance. **The author is a geo-strategist, a senior management consultant, a development sector specialist and a journalist. Twitter follow @ozerkhalid; e-mail – [email protected] Abstract (A

by Ozer Khalid* *Ozer Khalid is a Senior Consultant, Geo-Strategist and Freelance Writer. He can be reached on [email protected] or Twitter followed on @ozerkhalid Abstract Pakistan already has an over-crowded terror operating theatre which is why ISIS Khorasan (ISIS-K denoting the ISIS South Asian affiliate) has not found it easy to make institutionalized inroads. This essay explores

By: Özer Khalid* *Özer Khalid is a Senior Consultant, Geo-Strategist and Freelance Writer. He can be reached on [email protected] or Twitter followed on @ozerkhalid Disclaimer The opinions expressed in this essay are analytical and expert views offered by field specialists who have been duly cited and referenced at length, and do not necessarily always overlap with this

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this essay are analytical and expert views offered by specialists who have been duly cited and referenced at length, and do not necessarily always overlap with this authors nor with Criterion Journals official stance. © Criterion Quarterly Publication and Özer Khalid. All Rights Reserved (2016). Abstract (We are, without the

By Özer Khalid*† Abstract Terrorism, radicalism or fascism, whether from the far-left or the far-right, is now a global contagion, a form of deep psychological warfare, both inside the soul and without, requiring a psychologically and historically nuanced and sophisticated inquiry and response based on an understanding of how extremists think, feel and operate. This

The war on terror, over the long-haul, needs to be re-framed as a war of ideas and ideology rather than muscle and might. Community engagement by reaching out to youth, and to the true grass-roots by reclaiming the soul of Islam, recognizing its more peaceful symbols, verses and metaphors is our collective challenge and responsibility.

The world, in recent years, witnessed a host of surprising voting outcomes. The rise of right-wing[i] populist[ii] outfits in the US such as the Tea Party, Mike Huckabee and alarmingly Donald Trump, By Özer Khalid[*] (The opinions expressed in this paper are analytical and expert views offered by  specialists do not necessarily always overlap with this author`s. )